Overview

BRIDGES

In Cihan Türkoğlu’s work Beyond the Borders, written especially for Maria Farantouri, Eastern Mediterranean musical traditions meet with medieval music, jazz, minimalism, and classical music.

Original lyrics by Agathi Dimitrouka intermingle with a selection by Maria herself of traditional pieces and ancient Greek as well as modern lyrical poems to form an elaborate whole offering the listener a novel combination of the various cultures.
 

Maria Farantouri singer
Cihan Türkoğlu vocals / saz / kopuz
Anja Lechner cello
Meri Vardanyan kanun
Nikos Paraoulakis ney
François Couturie piano
İzzet Kızıl percussion instruments
 
Co-produced by Gefyra Politismou 440 and the Athens Concert Hall